# Citations — corpus inventory, MMA/NHA ask, island AR/VR Sources used in the previous slice and in [[Vestal House VR Room]]. Full season bibliography: [[Citations — Nantucket Virtual Characters]]. --- ## Kendall / Albers / Mitchell papers | Cite | URL / ID | |---|---| | Kendall, *Life, Letters, and Journals*, 1896. vi+293. PD | Gutenberg #10202; IA `mariamitchelllif00mitcrich`; HathiTrust mdp.39015033356646 (ch. starts pp. 1, 19, 39, 56, 85, 112, 137, 172, 197, 220, 255) | | Gutenberg TOC, 13 ch. + appendix | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10202/pg10202-images.html | | Albers, *A Life in Journals and Letters*, 2001. xiii+370 | ISBN 1883551897. Contents: Early years; comet; Nantucket diaries; America; England/Scotland; France/Italy; to Vassar; Vassar 1865–73; Europe 1873; Vassar 1873–80; Vassar 1880–88; final years | | Vassar Mitchell Papers finding aid | digitallibrary.vassar.edu | | MMA Archives contact | https://www.mariamitchell.org/archives-special-collections | | NHA MS5 finding aid | https://nha.org/research/the-collections/finding-aid/guide-to-the-maria-mitchell-papers-1859-1883/ | | MMA papers series list | https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/f225c1ca/files/uploaded/Maria-Mitchell-Papers.pdf | | “Imagination in science” / eclipse counted-seconds | Vassar *Seeing the Sun* exhibit notes; Kendall | ## MMA place and programs | Cite | URL | |---|---| | Vestal Observatory / Study conservation 2024–25 | https://www.mariamitchell.org/maria-mitchell-vestal-street-observatory-conserved-refreshed-and-renewed | | Roofwalk replacement 2026 (not original; 1855 gale; 1915 rebuild; 1970s walk; 2026 rebuild 6″ above ridge) | https://www.mariamitchell.org/maria-mitchells-attic | | Walks are utilitarian, not “widow’s walks” | https://www.mariamitchell.org/nantucket-maria-mitchell-association-launches-new-look-up-program | | Sitting room glass ball; Dollond; “Do not knock” | https://www.mariamitchell.org/for-students-and-teachers | | Discover Magazine house tour (parlor, study, brass telescope) | https://www.discovermagazine.com/hot-science-39512 | | HABS MA-420, Swain–Mitchell House | https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ma/ma0400/ma0420/data/ma0420data.pdf | | NPS HABS women / Mitchell House | https://www.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/women/mitchell.htm | ## Where the 1847 comet was actually seen Official MMA and the better astronomical literature put **1 Oct 1847 on the Pacific National Bank roof**, 61 Main, after the family left Vestal (sold early 1837). Vestal’s narrow walk is the 1818–36/37 observing site (1831 eclipse; earlier comets). | Cite | Claim | |---|---| | https://www.mariamitchell.org/about-maria-mitchell | Bank roof, father cashier | | *The Antiquarian Astronomer* 15 (SHA PDF) | Vestal walk to 1836; bank roof + wooden observatory store; 2.7″ Dollond; C/1847 T1 at 10:50 p.m., 5° from Polaris in Cepheus | | NEHS; Astronomy.com “Today in History” | Bank roof | | APS News 2006; some museum copy | House roof — treat as popular compression | VR must not collapse these two roofs without a label. ## Island tourist geography | Cite | URL | |---|---| | NYT 36 Hours, 31 Jul 2025 | Whaling Museum, Oldest House, Meeting House, Atheneum, Douglass tour | | Historic sites walking/shuttle map | May 2006 PDF still used (stops 1–20) | | Downtown Core District walking tour | Compass Rose, Petticoat Row, Pacific Bank, Atheneum | | NHA Whaling Museum | https://nha.org/visit/museums-and-tours/whaling-museum/ | | Town multiuse paths (~35 mi) | https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/3128/Maps-Navigation | ## Method notes already in vault [[Citations — Historical Virtual Characters]] · [[Citations — Digital Humans]] · [[Specification — Full-Body Historical Virtual Human]] · [[Ground Rules — Historical Virtual Humans]]